Darling Penguin Newspaper Craft

Our obsession with crafting with newsprint continues with this darling penguin newspaper craft. This fun craft makes a lovely winter themed craft for kids and pairs well with any children’s book about penguins. The combination of newsprint, cardstock and felt snowflake stickers makes this a mixed media project for kids of all ages to enjoy. We even have a template available for purchase to make prep time a breeze!

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Supplies needed:

Penguin Newspaper Craft Pattern <—–Get the pattern in our shop.
blue cardstock
white cardstock
orange construction paper or cardstock
newspaper
black paint
sponge dabber painting brush
paper plate
1-inch googly eyes
snowflake stickers (optional)
scissors
glue

Tutorial:

1. Dab paper plate with paint

Begin by pouring a small amount of black paint on your paper plate. Use your sponge dabber painting brush to dab and paint a sheet of newspaper. Let it sit to dry completely.

2. Print & cut out pattern

Print out the penguin newspaper craft pattern. Use the template to cut out the penguin body and arms from your black painted newspaper. Then cut out the belly and eyes from unpainted newspaper. Lastly, cut out the beak from orange construction paper. (NOTE: Purchasing the template is optional. You can cut out your own pieces from the newspaper.)

3. Make snowy hill

Tear off a section of your white cardstock to use for a snowy hill. Glue the snowy hill at the bottom of your blue background cardstock.

4. Glue all pieces to the paper

Glue the penguin pattern pieces onto your background. Start by gluing the penguin body at the bottom of your paper. Then glue the belly at the bottom of the body. Next glue the eyes, beak and arms onto your penguin. The arms are my favorite because kids can position them in so many different ways giving their penguin craft some extra personality.